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fasteddie · 02-02-2005, 11:23 PM

A friend of ours brought their big dog into the vet last week, and asked to get heartworm medication for her. The vet told her that heartworm is only in the Midwest and East Coast, and that we didn't need it up here in the Northwest (Seattle area). Has anyone ever heard of this? Vets can make good money selling meds, so it's not as if they have a reason to lie about this. I assume companies sell heartworm medication to other vet clinics and such just to make money. We have not asked our own vet about this yet.

We use heartworm medication for Yoda, but if it's not necessary, then we definitely don't want to be giving it to him.

02-02-2005, 11:23 PM	#1
fasteddie *YT 6000 Club Member* Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 6,238	Heartworm - Only in Midwest/East Coast? A friend of ours brought their big dog into the vet last week, and asked to get heartworm medication for her. The vet told her that heartworm is only in the Midwest and East Coast, and that we didn't need it up here in the Northwest (Seattle area). Has anyone ever heard of this? Vets can make good money selling meds, so it's not as if they have a reason to lie about this. I assume companies sell heartworm medication to other vet clinics and such just to make money. We have not asked our own vet about this yet. We use heartworm medication for Yoda, but if it's not necessary, then we definitely don't want to be giving it to him.